Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 10:03 PM CDT for Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1995, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 278 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 100306 RRA SVRSTL MOC073-071-100345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1003 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...EASTERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 1000 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF DRAKE..ROSEBUD..AND GERALD BETWEEN 1010 AND 1025 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ST/RP
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
MOZ058-070-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 743 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 AT 740PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ROLLA... OR JUST NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF DIXON...HAYDEN...AND VICHY CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH BEFORE 730PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MOZ058-070-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 743 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 AT 740PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ROLLA... OR JUST NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF DIXON...HAYDEN...AND VICHY CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH BEFORE 730PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF @SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ058-070-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 743 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 ...CORR FOR TIME... AT 740PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ROLLA... OR JUST NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF DIXON...HAYDEN...AND VICHY CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH BEFORE 830PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
MOZ055-056-100210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 809 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995 AT 805PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...OR JUST A FEW MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40MPH. WINDS OF 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH WARSAW BY 815PM AND WILL BE IN THE STOVER/VERSAILLES AREA BY 845PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REAUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Phelps | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark, Lewis | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.